Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:895-900
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Pseudodementia
CE Wells
Pseudodementia is the syndrome in which dementia is mimicked or caricatured
by functional psychiatric disorders. The author describes 10 patients with
pseudodementia and compares its clinical features with those of true
dementia. The syndrome occurred in patients with various psychiatric
diagnoses, but a striking feature in most patients was marked dependency.
The recognition of this clinical syndrome should obviate the need for many
neurological diagnostic studies and lead to earlier and more effective
psychiatric treatment.
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